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Wake up, Canada: Wayne Gretzky is MAGA (torontolife.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

While I have no doubt they'd skin their grandmother's alive to save a buck, reducing concussions and head injuries is straight up just a good thing. Having concussion protocols etc and taking these decisions out of the hands of people motivated to win at all costs and into the hands of medical professionals is a good if incomplete step 

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, agreed that reducing concussion is definitely a good thing. Especially strict rules around return to play after concussion cause that's when you can really do damage.

    My problem is that scientists can say: "CTE is a problem in the NFL." And then the NFL can say "we are addressing it by offering goofy helmet coverings, reducing punt return collision speed, and using better protocols for post concussion". Then no one is pointing out that none of those changes address CTE at all, and the NFL knows that. In reality, reducing CTE would involve changing the sport in ways that the fans would not like.

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